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bleak

[bleek] / blik /




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As with many climate change stories, it can all sound pretty bleak.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

The lawyer said Murrell had been publicly humiliated and faced a "bleak and solitary" future.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

In her story of ill-starred lovers and class divisions set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, England, Emily Brontë creates two contrasting visions of home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Eliot theorized in his 1925 poem “The Hollow Men,” a bleak assessment of life after the first world war.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Elizebeth trusted only a few close friends with the bleak truth.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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